Petró Surname
Approximately 2,721 people bear this surname
Petró Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hungary | 2,692 | 1:3,646 | 429 |
| Brazil | 17 | 1:12,592,608 | 246,358 |
| Slovakia | 5 | 1:1,067,290 | 85,393 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Petro (178,557), Petrò (51) & Pétro (4) are calculated separately.
Petró Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Petró Come From? nationality or country of origin
Petró occurs most in Hungary. It may appear as: Petro, Petrò or Pétro. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Petró? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 160,269th most frequently held last name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 2,678,260 people. The surname Petró occurs mostly in Europe, where 99 percent of Petró are found; 99 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 99 percent are found in Hungaro-Europe.
The last name is most frequent in Hungary, where it is held by 2,692 people, or 1 in 3,646. In Hungary Petró is most frequent in: Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County, where 23 percent live, Pest County, where 22 percent live and Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County, where 18 percent live. Aside from Hungary this surname exists in 8 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 1 percent live and Slovakia, where 0 percent live.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Petró
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